Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018)
In this work, hourly averaged sun photometer data from Barentsburg and Ny-Ålesund, both located on Spitsbergen in the European Arctic, are compared. Our data set comprises the years from 2002 to 2018 with overlapping measurements from both sites during the period from 2011 to 2018. For more turbid p...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:53132 2023-05-15T14:55:07+02:00 Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) Kabanov, Dmitry M. Ritter, Christoph Sakerin, Sergey M. 2020 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53132/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53132/1/Photometer_Barentsburg2020.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.469af295-0203-4f5b-a36c-7a783a2dfdda https://hdl.handle.net/ unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53132/1/Photometer_Barentsburg2020.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/ Kabanov, D. M. , Ritter, C. and Sakerin, S. M. (2020) Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) , Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13 (10), pp. 5303-5317 . doi:10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020 <https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020> , hdl:10013/epic.469af295-0203-4f5b-a36c-7a783a2dfdda EPIC3Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13(10), pp. 5303-5317, ISSN: 1867-8548 Article isiRev 2020 ftawi https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020 2021-12-24T15:45:59Z In this work, hourly averaged sun photometer data from Barentsburg and Ny-Ålesund, both located on Spitsbergen in the European Arctic, are compared. Our data set comprises the years from 2002 to 2018 with overlapping measurements from both sites during the period from 2011 to 2018. For more turbid periods (aerosol optical depth, AOD, τ0.5>0.1), we found that Barentsburg is typically more polluted than Ny-Ålesund, especially in the shortwave spectrum. However, the diurnal variation in the AOD is highly correlated. Next, τ was divided into a fine and coarse mode. It was found that the fine-mode aerosol optical depth generally dominates and also shows a larger interannual than seasonal variation. The fine-mode optical depth is in fact largest in spring during the Arctic haze period. Overall the aerosol optical depth seems to decrease (at 500 nm the fine-mode optical depth decreased by 0.016 over 10 years), although this is hardly statistically significant. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barentsburg Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Spitsbergen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Ny-Ålesund Barentsburg ENVELOPE(14.212,14.212,78.064,78.064) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 10 5303 5317 |
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In this work, hourly averaged sun photometer data from Barentsburg and Ny-Ålesund, both located on Spitsbergen in the European Arctic, are compared. Our data set comprises the years from 2002 to 2018 with overlapping measurements from both sites during the period from 2011 to 2018. For more turbid periods (aerosol optical depth, AOD, τ0.5>0.1), we found that Barentsburg is typically more polluted than Ny-Ålesund, especially in the shortwave spectrum. However, the diurnal variation in the AOD is highly correlated. Next, τ was divided into a fine and coarse mode. It was found that the fine-mode aerosol optical depth generally dominates and also shows a larger interannual than seasonal variation. The fine-mode optical depth is in fact largest in spring during the Arctic haze period. Overall the aerosol optical depth seems to decrease (at 500 nm the fine-mode optical depth decreased by 0.016 over 10 years), although this is hardly statistically significant. |
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Kabanov, Dmitry M. Ritter, Christoph Sakerin, Sergey M. |
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Kabanov, Dmitry M. Ritter, Christoph Sakerin, Sergey M. Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of spitsbergen (2002–2018) |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53132/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53132/1/Photometer_Barentsburg2020.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.469af295-0203-4f5b-a36c-7a783a2dfdda https://hdl.handle.net/ |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53132/1/Photometer_Barentsburg2020.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/ Kabanov, D. M. , Ritter, C. and Sakerin, S. M. (2020) Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018) , Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13 (10), pp. 5303-5317 . doi:10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020 <https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020> , hdl:10013/epic.469af295-0203-4f5b-a36c-7a783a2dfdda |
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